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Advanced Placement Incentive Program

API Program
 
 
 
  Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) 
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The New York City Department of Education (Community School Districts 20 & 17) was one of the 2011 AP Incentive Grant Program recipients from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant aims to increase the participation rates of low-income and underrepresented students in Advanced Placement (AP) STEM and English courses.

 
This grant-funded project is called Project AP Bound, and it is comprised of  18 middle and high schools who will partner with The CollegeBoard and community based organizations to ensure that our low-income and under represented students have access to AP courses and support systems that promote educational success.

The following schools are participating in Project AP Bound:  Walt Whitman Middle School; Ebbets Field Middle School; Mary White Ovington Middle School; Ditmas Intermediate School; John J. Pershing Middle School; William McKinley Middle School; Medgar Evers Prep High School; The School for Human Rights; Science, Tech & Research Early College; High School for Global Citizenship; High School for Youth & Community Development; High School for Service & Learning; High School for Public Service; Brownsville Academy High School; Paul Robeson High School; New Utrecht High School; Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School; and Fort Hamilton High School. 

Major Grant activities include:
  1. Increasing the number of AP classes including expansion of online AP courses;
  2. Providing extended opportunities for tutorial support for students;
  3. Partnering with The CollegeBoard to secure “AP Certification” for our teachers;
  4. Engaging students with hands-on instructional opportunities in the STEM fields;
  5. Increasing parent outreach and student supports;
  6. Providing Pre-AP courses supported with the resources of SpringBoard
  7. Increasing the participation and performance of our students on AP exams and;
  8. Developing a core of  AP teachers using innovative resources to mentor new AP teachers.
Equity Statement

The College Board and the Advanced Placement Program encourage teachers, AP Coordinators, and school administrators to make equitable access a guiding principle for their AP programs. The College Board is committed to the principle that all students deserve an opportunity to participate in rigorous and academically challenging courses and programs. All students who are willing to accept the challenge of a rigorous academic curriculum should be considered for admission to AP courses. The Board encourages the elimination of barriers that restrict access for AP courses to students from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the AP Program. Schools should make every effort to ensure that their AP classes reflect the diversity of their student population.